2 Samuel 17:8:82 Sam.17.8.W8TAB
גִבֹּרִ֣ים
giborim
“mighty men”
- Transliteration
- gi-bo-RIM
- Extended
- gih-boh-REEM
- IPA
- /gib.boːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- mighty men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gi-bo-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
KI gi-bo-RIM HE-ma
- clause
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI a-TA ya-Da-TA et-A-vi-KHA ve-et-a-na-SHAIV KI gi-bo-RIM HE-ma u-ma-RE NE-fesh HE-ma ke-DOV sha-KUL ba-sa-DE
- sentence
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI a-TA ya-Da-TA et-A-vi-KHA ve-et-a-na-SHAIV KI gi-bo-RIM HE-ma u-ma-RE NE-fesh HE-ma ke-DOV sha-KUL ba-sa-DE ve-a-vi-KHA ISH mil-kha-MA ve-LO ya-LIN et-ha-AM
Root and etymology
ג־ב־ר
“to be strong”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:8
And Hushai said, “You know your father and his men, for they are mighty men and embittered of soul , like a bear bereaved in the field. And your father is a man of war , and he will not spend the night with the people.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:8:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 17:8, so the Hebrew word גִבֹּרִ֣ים (giborim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.17.8.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.8.W8.S1) and character.